Locomotive-axle thrush and reinforce.



J. C. LYONS.

LOCOMGTIVE AXLE THRUST AND REINFURUL APPLICATION HLED JAN 25. 19MB.

Patented Out. 29, 1918.

JOHN G. ILY DNS, OF McCOMB, MISSISSIPPI.

LOCOMOTIvE-AXLE THRUST AND REINFORCE.

Application filed January 25, 1918.

To all whom it may rom'ern:

Be it known that I, .lonn C. Lvoss, a eitizen of the United States, residing at Met omh, in the eounty of Pike and State of Mississil'ipi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in LUCOllmt'lVtAXlO 'lhrusts and lteintorees; and T do deelare the following to he a full. elear. and exaet deseription of the invention. sneh as will enable others skilled in the art to \vhirh it appertains to make and use the same.

()ne ohjeet of the present inventhm is to provide a thrust hearing for hn'omotive axles whieh ran he easily adjusted to take up wear and \vhieh will permit an exeessively worn liner to he removed and replaeed more (|ltlt'l(l and easily than when employing the arrangement now eommonly used. that is the loeation ot liners hetween the wheel halls and the axle hoxes.

In the present invention. the liners are loeated hetween the inner sides of the axle lioxes and a pair of sleeves \vhieh are removahly and adjustahly elainped on the axle: and a further ohjeet. is to provide novel means for l'oreing said sleeves outwardly to the proper extent for preventing movement ot' the hoxes longitudinally upon the axle.

A still further ohjeet is to so eonstruet and arrange the aforesaid sleeves as to eause them to reinforee the axle on whit-h they are used.

'ith the foregoing general ohjeets. in view. the invention resides in the novel features ol eonstruetion and unique eomhina lions of parts to he hereinafter fully deserihed and elaimed. the deseriptive matter heing supplemented hy the aeeimipanyin drawings whieh form a part of this speeihration and in whieh:

Figure 1 is sulistantially a horizontal seetion showing the applieation of my invention to one of the axles of a loeomotive: and

l igs. 3. I) and l are verliral transverse see tions on the planes indieated hy the lines .3 t it and l respeetively of Fig. 1.

In the drawing ahove hrielly deserihed. the numerals l designate two of the drivers of a loeolnotive. '2 has reterenee to the axle upon the ends of \vhirh said drivers are rigidly earried. and the numerals 3 denote the boxes of the axle. said hoXes lieing lorated at the inner sides of the drivers 1 and heing eallied in the usual o any preferred manner by the locomotive frame 4. Here- Speciflcntlon of Letters Patent.

l-atented Oct. 29, 1918.

Serial No. 213,725.

new one. a great many parts of the loeoniotive must he disassembled. This not only means loss of time at the shop. hot additional loss: since the loeomotive is out of use for a eonsiderahle length of time. Due to the nature of the invention deserihed helow, repairs may he mueh more easily and qniekly made and in addition to this advantage. the axle is reinforced.

A pair of sleeves 5 surround the axle 9. and extend trom'its renter to the hoxes each sleeve heing: "formed of two semi-cylindrie-al seelions I ha\ ingg' longitudinal flanges 7 on their edges Wllltll are seeured together by holts H in order to rlalnp the sleeves tightly npon the axle. The outer end of ea h sleeve {9 is provided with a. circumferential tlange l forming a thrust hearing for Cooperation with the inner end of the adjarent hox 3. said flanges being: likewise formed in s ations. and joined integrally at their ends to the end of the flanges T. Braeing wehs li'l are also provided for the flanges 9. said we ls extending from these flangesto the sleeves and heing formed integrally with both, Iieetlonal liners or wear plates 11 are inset in the uter sides of the flanges 9 and are seeured in plaee. hy serews or the like. 12 countersunk therein. said liners eoii Jtltltlllg withothers 1Z3 'ltlt'll are secured to tliehoxes 3 hr eountersunk strews or the like ll.

The i ner ends of the sleeve sections U are provided with eireulnterential flanges 15 formed integrally therewith and similarly joined at their ends to the flanges 7. said flanges 15 having eireumterentially et-d openings in through whieh adjusting holts 1? pass. Nuts 1 are threaded on the bolts 17 and hea' against the outer sides of the. flanges 15. so that hy loosening the holts R and adjusting the nuts li the two sle ves ti may he l'oreed outwardly along the axle :2 tor the purpose ol proln-rly engaging their thrust hearings with the hoxes 3. or rather for moving the liners into proper engagement. hen the neeessary adjustment has been made. the nuts of the holts 8 are again tightened so that the sleeves 5 are rigidly elaniped upon the axle and may not shift thereon. Consequently these sleeves will serve not only to receive all side thrust of the loeoinotive, but will etl'ectively reinforee the axle.

From the foregoing, taken into connertion with the t1CC()lIl1)ELfl)lIlg drawing, it will be, obvious that although my invention is of extremely simple and inexpensive nature, it will be highly etficient and durable for the purposes intended, particular emphasis being laid upon the little time and labor required for adjusting the sleeves 5 to take up wear. or for totall removing these sleeves to apply new liners. Since probably the best results are obtained from tho exaet de tails shown and described. these details are by preference employed but within the srope of the inventwn as elainie'l, numerous minor (-hanges may well be made.

1 claim:

1. The combination with an axle, a pair of wheels rigid on the ends of said axle. and boxes for said axle at the inner sides of said wheels; of a pair of rombined thrust and re inforeing sleeves seem-ed around said axle and extending from the (enter thereof to said boxes, said sleeves having thrust bearings at their outer end abuttin; said boxes. and means between the inner ends of said sleeves for spreading them to properly engage said thrust bearings with said boxes.

2. The eombination with an axle. a pair of wheels rigid on the ends of said axle, and. boxes for said axle at. the inner sides of said wheels; of a pair of combined thrust and reinforcing; sleeves around said axle and extending from its center to said boxes, each sleeve being formed of two semi-ovlindi'ical sections having longitudinal flanges on their edges and eiri-innterential flanges on their ends joined to the ends of said longitudinal flanges, the flange at the outer end of eat-h sleeve forming a thrust bearing engaging the adjaeent box and the inner flange of earh sleeve having rireumterrntial v spaced op nings. adjusting bolls passing through said openings for towing said thrust bearings into proper engagzenn-nt with said boxes and bolts seeuring said longitudinal Ilang es together to Plant th sleeves on the axle.

In testimony \ihoreot' l have hereunto set my hand in the present-e of two subs ribinui witnesses.

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